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Originally Posted by E90Fleet
No, that is for the older BMW's with M12 bolts.
The newer cars with M14 bolts need 140Nm
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Recommended torque is 120Nm = 88.5lbs/ft...
I just called 2 dealers. one said that 100 ft-lbs is too tight. the other said it was perfectly acceptable and that you'd have to tighten them a lot more to strip the threads. So the previous suggestion that 80-100 ft-lbs seems reasonable. If I was doing it myself I would have used 90. But since the tire dealer I purchased my snow tires from changed them over to summers with 100 ft-lbs I'm not overly concerned now. But I will tell them only to torque to 90 next time.